[OSM-talk] Server slowness

[Nick Black]

Hi Martin,

So on a two way front its more the pull into OSM than the push out
that is the problem.  Its admittedly not trivial to convert OSM data
to other formats, but users can choose from OSM XML, PGSQL, GML and
Shapefile.  Import however is harder, particularly of TIGER data.  Is
it TIGER data that you are wanting to import?

Nick

On 1/16/07, Martin Spott <Martin.Spott at mgras.net> wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> "Nick Black" wrote:
>
> > Martin, you came to the list suggesting that we take a look at
> > PostGIS, [...]
>
> Well, this is not entirely correct. I came to this list via a
> discussion on how to realize data export from OSM dumps into other,
> well known formats.
>
>
> The driving force to let me participate in _this_ discussion thread
> here was the desire to achieve interoperability between OSM and the
> other - however you'd like to call it - OpenSource world that deals
> with geospatial data. I don't insist on OSM using PostGIS as backend,
> why should I. _I_ am using PostGIS myself and, indeed, I can recommend
> using PostGIS for lage datasets of the type OSM deals with.
>
> So, discussion forces (so called emotions) have been trying to narrow
> the topic on wether to use PostGIS or not, but in _my_ eyes this is not
> the point at all. What I'd wish to see at the end of the discussion is
> a method of data exchange, notably a _two_-way exchange !! of road data
> between OSM and "the others" and, this is correct, I see the use of a
> PostGIS backend as a valuable vehicle to achieve this goal.
>
> Yet I'd jump onto the proposal of Nick Hill and let the whole story
> cool down a bit.
>
> Cheers,
>         Martin.
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